Quercus ilicifolia Wangenh. - Accepted: Quercus ilicifolia Wangenh. bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Fagaceae (APG III)

Flowers

monoecious

Flower ecology

wind-pollinated (anemophilous)

Life form

shrub or small tree

Leaves

alternately arranged leaves

Foliage persistence

deciduous

Fruits

acorns with saucer-shaped cup

Fruit ecology

animal-dispersed (zoochorous) (by birds and small mammals)

Soil conditions

preferentially on sandy, rocky, well-drained, nutrient-poor soils

Root type

taproot

Natural occurrence (habitat)

mixed oak-pine forests (with pitch pine [Pinus rigida])

Vegetation typ and synecology (plant community)

mixed deciduous forests

Altitudinal higher limit (sea level in m)

1,000

Global Biodiversity Information Facilty (GBIF). Online Publication: www.gbif.org;

Gucker, C. L. (2006): Quercus ilicifolia. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). See: https://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/shrub/queili/all.html;

The International Plant Names Index (2009). Published on the Internet http://www.ipni.org; Courtesy to IPNI, 2009. Exported from IPNI at date: 2009-09-22 20:17:51;